Redfield Proctor , with mention of Salmon Fletcher and Sarah 'Barlow' Dutton of Cavendish Vermont
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PROCTOR,
Redfield, cabinet officer, was born in Proctorsville, Vermont, June
1, 1831; son of Jabez and Betsy 'Parker' Proctor; grandson of
Leonard and Mary 'Keep' Proctor, and of Isaac and Bridget 'Fletcher'
Parker, and a direct descendant from Robert Proctor, one of four brothers
who came from London, England to Salem, Massachusetts in the ship Susan
and Ellen in 1635. He was made a freeman at Concord in 1643, and in
1654 settled in Chelmsford, from which town Leonard Procter, who had served
as an officer in the Revolutionary War, moved to Vermont in 1788, and
was the first permanent settler of Proctorsville.
Redfield Procter was graduated from Dartmouth college, A.B., 1851, A.M., 1854, and from the Albany Law School, LLB, 1860. He was married, May 26, 1858, to Emily J., daughter of Salmon Fletcher and Sarah 'Barlow' Dutton of Cavendish, Vermont. He practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts, 1860-61, and in 1861 joined the Federal army as quartermaster of the 3d Vermont regiment; was promoted major of the 5th regiment in September, 1861, and colonel of the 15th regiment of volunteers in 1862. He served as a brigade and division quartermaster on the staff of General William F. Smith, and was mustered out in 1863. He engaged in farming and in the practice of law; was receiver of a marble company, and on its re-organization in 1870 was elected manager, developing the business until it became by far the largest marble-producing company in the world. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1867-68 and 1888; a member and president protemp-ore of the state senate, 1874-76; lieutenant-governor of the state, 1876-78; governor, 1878-80, and a delegate-at-large to the Republican national conventions of 1884, 1888 and 1896, being chairman of the Vermont delegation in 1888 and in 1896. In March, 1889, he was appointed by President Harrison secretary of war in his cabinet, and resigned, November 1, 1891, having been appointed by Governor Page to the U.S. Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George F. Edmunds. On Oct, 18, 1892, he was elected by the Vermont legislature to fill both the unexpired and the full terms, and in 1898 was re-elected for the term expiring March 3, 1905. He served in the senate as chairman of the committee on agriculture and forestry, and as a member of the committees on fisheries, coast defenses, military affairs, District of Columbia, post offices, the Phillipines, and the select committees on the University of the United States and industrial expositions. His son, Fletcher Dutton, succeeded him in the presidency of the Vermont Marble company in 1889; was a representative in the State legislature, 1890-91 and in 1900-01, when he was elected speaker of that body, and was a member of the state senate in 1891.
In 1902 Senator Proctor provided for the 2500 employees of the Vermont
Marble company a large and beautifully furnished building, known as
the Industrial Young Men's Christian association, with all the conveniences
of a club house, amusement hall and educational institution, dedicating
it to the moral |
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans
Volume IIV page 422Anyone have any idea to which Barlow Sarah is named for, or related to. I believe she was Sarah Barlow who had previously been married to Samuel Dutton. Seems I seen a Vermont marriage record for Salmon Fletcher marrying a Mrs. Sarah Dutton, but I cannot recall where. And for some reason, I think they may have relocated to Louisiana. I may have this all wrong, I may be thinking of Fletcher Dutton who married Adelaide Barlow in Louisiana. But could there be a relationship here?